The approximation of these two cases to sea-scurvy is peculiar, and may allow them to be called scorbutus pulmonalis. From Wordnik.com. [Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life] Reference
= Scurvy = — “scorbutus” of medical writers — is a disease which, even in its incipient and early stages, when its presence is often unsuspected, is most injurious to the skin and complexion. From Wordnik.com. [The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources] Reference
Others are sheer folk etymology, like scheurbuik ` ripping belly 'for scurvy (Lat. scorbutus). From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol X No 2] Reference
Could those symptoms be owing to very extensive adhesions of the lungs? or is this a scorbutus pulmonalis?. From Wordnik.com. [Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life] Reference
The name scurvy comes from the Latin scorbutus, and humans have known about the disease since ancient Greek and Egyptian times. From Wordnik.com. [Health News from Medical News Today] Reference
"To his sagacity we are indebted for the first impulse to those regulations by which scorbutus is so successfully prevented in our navy.". From Wordnik.com. [Medical Essays, 1842-1882] Reference
#How does scurvy (scorbutus) differ from purpura?. From Wordnik.com. [Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine] Reference
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